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Does Portland really have 84 PR people on staff?

By Ian K. Kullgren November 4, 2011

Says "the City of Portland alone has 84 public relation representatives on payroll which cost taxpayers over $6.2 million (a year)."

Building a Better Ohio says public workers make 43 percent more in wages and benefits than private sector workers

By Tom Feran November 4, 2011

"Government employees make 43 percent more in wages and benefits" than private-sector workers.

Obama says health law will kick in for millions next year

By Molly Moorhead November 3, 2011

"Thirty million Americans, including a lot of people in Florida, are going to be able to get healthcare next year because of that law."

Biden calls Libya a job well done

By Jake Berry November 3, 2011

In Libya, "America spent $2 billion total and didn’t lose a single life."

Ag chief Adam Putnam says Florida’s giant snail ‘carries human meningitis’

By Becky Bowers November 3, 2011

Says the giant African land snail "carries human meningitis."

Ad says Obama is reason for Iraq pullout

By Molly Moorhead November 3, 2011

"Because of Barack Obama the mission in Iraq ended."

Corey Stewart endorsement of George Allen is Full Flop

By Warren Fiske November 3, 2011

On George Allen's U.S. senate candidacy.

Potential recall candidate says Walker gave companies two years of no taxes

November 3, 2011

Under a law proposed by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, businesses that move into Wisconsin "don't have to pay any taxes" on their income for two…

Robert Menendez says New Jersey budget shortfall means education funding cuts

By Bill Wichert November 3, 2011

"New Jersey alone, my home state, is facing a ten-and-a-half billion dollar shortfall in its 2012 fiscal budget. This means more cuts in state and…

John Kasich slams use of out-of-state arbitrators in contract talks with safety forces

By Joe Guillen November 3, 2011

"They talk about this problem with binding arbitration. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to me to have somebody from Los Angeles fly into…

Group says proposed constitutional amendment costs state taxpayers nothing

By W. Gardner Selby November 3, 2011

Proposition 2 on November’s Texas ballot "does not cost state taxpayers any money."

Rachel Maddow says Rick Perry’s tax plan promises the rich huge tax cuts while everyone else would get big tax hikes

By W. Gardner Selby November 2, 2011

Says "tanking" Rick Perry’s federal tax plan has "huge tax cuts for rich people and big tax hikes for everyone else."

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